Screenland (Oct 1923-Mar 1924)

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An effective English melodrama built around the jazz craze and possessing a colorful act laid in the Northwest. Excellent acting by Florence Eldredge and Richard Bennett. APOLLO — Poppy. An ingratiating musical entertainment lifted to brilliance by W. C. Fields as a medicine show faker. BELASCO — Laugh, Clown, Laugh. The tragedy of a pantaloon, adapted from the Italian, with Lionel Barrymore as the tragic clown. Staging of typical Belasco excellence. BELMONT — Tarnish. Gilbert Emery's drama of Manhattan sordidness makes concessions to hokum but, on the whole, it is one of the interesting things in town. BIJOU — The Whole Town's Talking. Lively farce, still doing nicely, thank you. BOOTH — Seventh Heaven. Austin Strong's play of wartime Paris seems to be running on forever. B ROADHURST— Topics of 1923. A typical Winter Garden show in different surroundings. Headed by Alice Delysia. So, so. CARROLL-CASINO — Wild/lower. In its second year. COMEDY — The Shame Woman. North Carolina mountaineer stuff, by Lulu Vollmer. Good cast. CORT — The Swan. Ferenc Molnar's brilliant and brittle comedy of royalty at home. Intimate and flashing — and superbly played. ELLIOTT — Rain. Still the big thing dramatically. Jeanne Eagels still as scintillating as ever as Sadie Thompson. ELTINGE — Spring Cleaning. Light but smart comedy by Frederick Lonsdale. Played with skill. FORTY-EIGHTH — Queen Victoria. This histoiical play, covering the reign of Alexandiina Victoria, has interest. FORTY-NINTH— For All of Us. The regular William Hodge stuff. FULTON — One Kiss. Clare Rummer's delightful musical adaptation of the Parisian farce, La Bouche. Nicely done, too. GAIETY — Aren't We All? A pleasant British comedy. GLOBE — Stepping Stones. The regular Fred Stone show, plus Fred's daughter, Dorothy, who makes her debut and scores one of the hits of the yeai. HARRIS — The Nervous Wreck. 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SELWYN — Mr. Battling Buttler. Musical show with Charles Ruggles and William Kent. SHUBERT — Artists and Models. The undress Shubert revue wears more clothes now that the censors have been after it. Still the stag revue of the town. WINTER GARDEN — Greenwich Village Follies. Colorful and entertaining John Murray Anderson revue.